You're listening to The O. C.D do this for interviewing inspired therapists,

psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories.

So welcome to episode 278 and I chat with Ava Eds.

Ava is a licensed professional counselor and in it we specifically talk about loved ones of those with O. C.

So firstly, we talk about her therapy story.

Then we talk about caregiver burnout, how to prevent caregiver burnout, self-care, understanding your loved one's experience of

OCD, understanding accommodation, how the loved one can help the person of OCD,

self-compassion, values, and much, much more.

So if you are a loved one of someone of O. C.

I think this episode will help you.

And if you're someone with O. C. D.

And you think your loved one could benefit from this,

please do share it with them.

And thanks as always to NOCD for supporting the show and the work that we do.

NOCD are now operating in Australia as well as UK and USA. So good work in OCD for continuing their expansion and

thank you to them for sponsoring the show. And if you want to find out more head to go dot treat my OCD.com forward slash the OCD stories or

click the link in the episode description so thank you to you guys as always for

listening I deeply appreciate it and without forever ado here is

Ava. Welcome to the show Ava. Hi good morning how are you? Yeah very well thank you

it's good to have you here. Thank you for having me.

Yeah, no worries.

And as you know, I always like, if I get a therapist on,

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